Our recent story about the ambiguous loss that comes from family estrangement prompted many of you to share your own experiences.Estrangement is the emotional or physical separation between people where a formerly close relationship becomes distant, hostile, or ceases entirely.Whether you're a parent, sibling, child or grandchild, you've revealed the effect it has had on your life."Around nine months ago, I made the decision to cut ties with my father It's been horrible." — Leon"Some would say my relationship with my mother was always estranged